Fairy Tales

This Fairy Tales unit also includes:

Once upon a time are four words most children are familiar with when reading a fairy tale. But do they know that fairy tales are a great way to learn the literary elements of reading and writing? Use a thorough fairy tale unit to teach the basics of this type of story—a beginning, middle, and an end with a problem to be solved, with a lesson to be learned

Concepts

Instructional Ideas

Have writers create their own fairy tale using the story map resource as a graphic organizer to jot down their ideas before writing

If time permits, put the class into four groups and give them a fairy tale to perform in front of the class; have them bring in props and make their own costumes out of paper bags or recycled materials

Classroom Considerations

Unit includes two weeks of lessons that can easily be broken apart to fit classroom needs

Review the materials and preparation for some of the lessons ahead of time

If computers are not available in the classroom, be sure to schedule time in the school's computer lab

Pros

Provides ideas for creating cross-curricular connections with math and science

Writing activities engages children with literary elements

Cons

Lesson plans begin on day five, the first four lesson plans are missing on resource